Dynamics of need-supportive and need-thwarting teaching behavior: the bidirectional relationship with student engagement and disengagement in the beginning of a lesson

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 653-670

  Van den Berghe, Lynn ^a   Cardon, Greet ^a   Tallir, Isabel ^a   Kirk, David ^b   Haerens, Leen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

need support; need thwarting; student disengagement; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953331172     PISSN: 17408989     EISSN: 17425786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2015.1115008     Document Type: Article

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